EXACTLY a year ago, there were whispers swirling that a lockdown would soon be imposed on the country, owing to the rising number of Covid-19 infections. Supermarket shelves were quickly emptied of daily necessities such as rice, eggs, tinned food and cooking oil. Then on March 18, 2020, the first Movement Control Order (MCO) was imposed and there was much uncertainty among the public and business community over what would happen next. One year on, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has taken 1,177 lives and infected 314,989 people in the country (as at March 10). Despite the grim circumstances, many see light at the end of the tunnel as Malaysia rolls out its National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP).